A cat yowls
in the early morning black
and does not stop.
August 12, 2017
Someone found him
dead under a bridge in Tulsa.
No one knew him.
One could say
One could say
the world’s one’s
oyster,
August 8, 2017
We call “cultivated”
the potted orchid
on the dining room table
August 7, 2017
the material reality of trust
opens the window to the cool air
fondling the desiring body that warms it
albeit slightly
August 5, 2017
for Rufus Burr Smith (1912-1976)
a bank covered with flowers
lost before you mentioned it
August 4, 2017
for Jane Herndon Smith (1912-1997)
